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Rendezvous With Death: The Americans Who Joined the Foreign Legion in 1914 to Fight for France and for Civilization. By David Hanna. Regnery History, 2016. $29.99. ISBN 978-1- 62157-396-8.
DFAS ANNOUNCES NEW ADDRESS FOR RETIREES AND ANNUITANTS As of May 1, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) will use a new mailing address for military retirees and annuitants. Address your correspondence as follows: Retired pay matters: Defense Finance and Accounting Service U.S. Military Retired Pay 8899 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, IN 46249
Annuitant pay matters: Defense Finance and Accounting Service U.S. Military Annuitant Pay 8899 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, IN 46249
According to DFAS, the new
address will help speed up receipt of correspondence and customer service. Any mail received at the old address after May 1 will have to be forwarded to the new address, which could add three to five days of processing time. The phone number, (800) 321-1080, and fax numbers for DFAS are not changing. For additional information and to see a list
of items that can be changed or paperwork that can be submitted using the new mailing ad- dress, visit
www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary.html.
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When World War I began, the only way Americans could fi ght for France without los- ing their U.S. citizenship was to enlist in the French Foreign Legion — and 50 Americans did. Author David Hanna tells of these American men as their naive enthusiasm of fi ghting for an ideal became the harsh reality of fi ghting for the legion and only the legion. As Hanna relates, these men quickly real- ized they had joined one of the world’s toughest and proudest fi ghting outfi ts. The Germans feared them, and so did everyone else — for good reason. Hanna describes the Americans’ experiences with the legion’s training, leadership, and brutal liv- ing and combat conditions on the Western Front, from early, bloody battles at Chemin des Dames to the “meat grinder” of Ver- dun. The legionnaires were considered expendable,
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but they knew it, fought anyway, and died proudly.
Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation With the National Air and Space Museum. By Dr. F. Robert van der Linden. Zenith Press, 2016. $35. ISBN 978-0- 76035-027-0.
The Smith- sonian In- titution’s
The Smith- sonian In- stitution’
National Air and Space useum’s
ational Air
and Space Museum’
aviation his- viation his- torian, Dr. F. Robert van der
torian, Dr. F. Robert van der Linden, off ers fascinating histories of 29 aircraft. Beautifully illustrated
with 181 photographs, this striking volume features military and civilian aircraft of American, French, and German origin. Beginning with the Wright Flyer and ending with today’s Preda- tor drone, Linden showcas- es well-known aircraft like the B-29 Superfortress and the F-86 Sabre jet, as well as obscure aircraft such as the Bleriot X1, which crossed the English Channel in
1909, and the North Ameri- can X-15, “the fastest and highest fl ying, piloted, pow- ered, winged airplane in the history of aeronautics.” Details include devel- opment, design, uses, and the men and women who built and fl ew these re- markable aircraft.
— William D. Bushnell PHOTO: ANDREY POPOV/SHUTTERSTOCK
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